# What is the best song that begins with the letter B? See rules in OP **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music, mmm-song-poll\ **Created:** [November 10, 2023, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-b-see-rules-in-op/992931 "2023-11-10T11:28:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2023, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-b-see-rules-in-op/992931/81 "2023-11-12T02:07:20Z")
Honorable mention: “Babe” by Styx. ---
**Author:** ![rippingtons\_fan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rippingtons_fan/32/11767_2.png) [@rippingtons\_fan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rippingtons_fan)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2023, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-b-see-rules-in-op/992931/82 "2023-11-12T02:33:09Z")
In the Smooth Jazz category, I’d like to suggest: **Bali Run** by Four Play ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2023, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-b-see-rules-in-op/992931/83 "2023-11-12T03:47:27Z")
Forgot one. Darn it. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Eqk7YKh3aQg/hqdefault.jpg "Heatwave - Boogie Nights") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eqk7YKh3aQg) ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2023, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-b-see-rules-in-op/992931/84 "2023-11-12T04:51:05Z")
Y’all better start voting on Bust a Move. How many songs can legit get five generations up on a dance floor? ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2023, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-b-see-rules-in-op/992931/85 "2023-11-12T05:17:09Z")
Hear! Hear! Let’s refresh their memories. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/xy4FXhkm6Nw/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCOADEOgC8quKqQMa8AEB-AG-AoAC8AGKAgwIABABGF8gXyhfMA8=&rs=AOn4CLAXb7RAYAWcifZeReejS8wdjKjgwg "Young MC - Bust A Move") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xy4FXhkm6Nw) ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2023, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-b-see-rules-in-op/992931/86 "2023-11-12T05:21:10Z")
^With Flea playing bass. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2023, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-b-see-rules-in-op/992931/87 "2023-11-12T06:35:27Z")
Nice fun list. > [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > Y’all better start voting on Bust a Move. How many songs can legit get five generations up on a dance floor? I did. Old Skool rap. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2023, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-b-see-rules-in-op/992931/88 "2023-11-12T06:41:16Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > Ballad of Big Blue – Gordon Lightfoot Not that it’ll matter, but Google says that the Gordon Lightfoot _Ballad of Big Blue_ is actually titled _Ode to Big Blue_. Alexa concurs. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2023, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-b-see-rules-in-op/992931/89 "2023-11-12T13:03:16Z")
Thread for [next letter](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-m-see-rules-in-op/993012) here. mmm ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Lichtman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeff_lichtman/32/1531_2.png) [@Jeff\_Lichtman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff_Lichtman)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2023, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-b-see-rules-in-op/992931/90 "2023-11-12T19:16:22Z")
More B songs: Baby Don’t Get Hooked on Me - Mac Davis Baby, I Love Your Way - Peter Frampton Baby I Need Your Loving - The Four Tops Baby Love - The Supremes Baby, What a Big Surprise - Chicago Back Home Again - John Denver Back in the U.S.A. - Chuck Berry Bad Case of Loving You (Doctor, Doctor) - Robert Palmer Bad Luck - Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes Banana Boat Song - Harry Belafonte Band of Gold - Freda Payne Be Thankful for What You’ve Got - William DeVaughn Beast of Burden - The Rolling Stones Beautiful Morning - The Rascals Because - The Beatles Before the Next Teardrop Falls - Freddy Fender Best of My Love - The Eagles Bette Davis Eyes - Kim Carnes Big Girls Don’t Cry - The Four Seasons The Bitch Is Back - Elton John Black Is Black - Los Bravos Blue Velvet - Bobby Vinton Blueberry Hill - Fats Domino Born in the U.S.A. - Bruce Springsteen Bottle of Wine - The Fireballs The Boy from New York City - The Ad Libs The Boys Are Back in Town - Thin Lizzy Brand New Key - Melanie Brown Eyed Girl - Van Morrison Build Me Up Buttercup - The Foundations But It’s Alright - J.J. Jackson By the Time I Get to Phoenix - Glen Campbell ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2023, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-b-see-rules-in-op/992931/91 "2023-11-12T20:03:35Z")
> [@Jeff\_Lichtman](#): > > More B songs: Yeah, there are lots of “B” songs. I thought of way more than my allotted 5 and had to narrow down my list. Even now, there are iconic songs that haven’t been mentioned in this thread (“Breakfast In America,” for one example). ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2023, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-b-see-rules-in-op/992931/92 "2023-11-12T20:31:18Z")
I forgot one of my favourites, that I only listened to again last week - **Breakaway** by Big Pig. ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2023, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-b-see-rules-in-op/992931/93 "2023-11-12T21:17:32Z")
Also, Breakdown by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2023, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-b-see-rules-in-op/992931/94 "2023-11-13T00:50:54Z")
Just a heads up on a **new rule** : Please do not post title suggestions for others to submit. This takes a little of the fun out of the process. It is ok, after the polls are posted, to name some titles that have been overlooked. Thanks, mmm ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2023, 10:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-b-see-rules-in-op/992931/95 "2023-11-13T10:18:47Z")
More: Baby Did A Bad Bad Thing - Chris Isaak Baby Got Back - either Sir Mix-A-Lot or Jonathan Coulton Babylon - Don McLean Back Water Blues - LaVern Baker bad guy - Billie Eilish Ballad of the Runaway Horse - Rob Wasserman, Jennifer Warnes Ball N’ Chain - Big Mama Thornton Bananaphone - Raffi Bang on the Drum All Day - Todd Rundgren Barefootin’ - Robert Parker The Battle of New Orleans - Johnny Horton Beasley Street - John Cooper Clarke Beep Beep - The Playmates Bela Lugosi’s Dead - Bauhaus Believer - Imagine Dragons Bethlehem Down - Peter Warlock / various choirs (doesn’t matter now) Better Off With The Blues - Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown Between the Lines - Janis Ian Big Ten Inch Record - Bull Moose Jackson (later covered by Aerosmith IIRC) Bitch - Meredith Brooks Black Betty - Ram Jam Blackbird - Beatles Blue Moon Revisited (Song For Elvis) - The Cowboy Junkies Blue Rondo a la Turk - The Dave Bruberk Quartet Bohemian Like You - Dandy Warhols Boogie Nights - Heatwave Boombastic - Shaggy Boom Boom - John Lee Hooker Born, Never Asked - Laurie Anderson Boum! - Charles Trenet A Boy Named Sue - Johnny Cash Bring Me Sunshine - Morecambe & Wise Bug Powder Dust - Bomb the Bass bury a friend - Billie Eilish Busted - Candace and Vanessa from Phineas & Ferb - (shut up, I love this song) ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2023, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-b-see-rules-in-op/992931/96 "2023-11-13T11:50:59Z")
**Final poll** – What is the best **B** song? Select up to 3. _Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-b-see-rules-in-op/992931/96))_ ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2023, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-b-see-rules-in-op/992931/97 "2023-11-14T18:33:39Z")
Serious oversight :- Bloody well right - Supertramp ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2023, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-b-see-rules-in-op/992931/98 "2023-11-15T00:44:42Z")
Never mind. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2023, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-b-see-rules-in-op/992931/99 "2023-12-15T17:37:53Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > Bob - “Weird Al” Yankovic Just listened to this, had not heard it before. It’s brilliant. Thank you for your service. mmm ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2023, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-b-see-rules-in-op/992931/100 "2023-12-15T18:14:08Z")
Hey, thank you! You’re doing the heavy lifting here, and these polls have expanded my musical horizons too. I hope you watched the video as well - any Dylan fan would spot it right off the bat. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-b-see-rules-in-op/992931.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-b-see-rules-in-op/992931.md?page=6)